Sexual Assault
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BJP MLC’s wife among three booked for stripping, sexually assaulting woman in Maharashtra’s Beed
The complainant has alleged that the accused persons forcibly tried to take possession of her ancestral land.
Scroll Staff
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Maharashtra: 15-year-old girl gangraped in Palghar, eight arrested
The girl was assaulted for hours between Friday night and Saturday morning.
Scroll Staff
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How insensitive medical education allows the banned two-finger test for rape survivors to persist
The Supreme Court’s condemnation is laudable but also raises the question of whether legal advances in caring for rape survivors are being implemented.
Mukul Bhowmick
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Tennis: Chinese star Peng Shuai denies making sexual assault allegations again
In the recent interview with a French sports daily, she reiterated a similar comment about the allegations she gave to a Singaporean newspaper back in December.
AFP
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‘Oral sex’ with minor is a less serious offence, says Allahabad HC, reduces jail term of convict
The court held that putting penis into a minor’s mouth does not fall in the category of aggravated sexual assault.
Scroll Staff
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Uttar Pradesh government official arrested for molesting contractual worker
The complainant claimed that the man was not arrested for two weeks since he was the undersecretary of the minority welfare department.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Penetration between thighs is also rape, rules Kerala HC
The court noted that the law on rape includes penetration to other parts of a woman’s body, and is not confined to the vagina, urethra or anus.
Scroll Staff
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The Tejpal rape case verdict and the Goa court quest for the ‘ideal’ sexual assault victim
Even minor discrepancies in the complainant’s statements have been portrayed as crucial ones.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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SC stays arrest of rape-accused after he and complainant agree to get married
In November, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had denied him bail.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Opinion: Sexual assault is sexual assault, skin or no skin
A misogynistic, sexist judgement of the Bombay High Court has just made my daughter’s world that much more terrifying.
Dilip D’Souza
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Former model accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in 1997
Amy Dorris told ‘The Guardian’ that the US president had assaulted her in his VIP box at the US Open when she was 24.
Scroll Staff
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We can celebrate Harvey Weinstein’s fall – but the #MeToo battle is still only half won
The Hollywood producer was convicted on Monday for rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act in the first degree.
Bianca Fileborn, The Conversation & Rachel Loney-Howes, The Conversation
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver